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===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
Proto-Cushitic. | Proto-Cushitic. Cognate to Somali ''minin'', Af Maay ''ming'', Oromo ''mana''. | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
Revision as of 00:29, 2 December 2017
Qino
Alternative forms
- مں (Western Arabic script)
- من (Eastern Arabic script)
- መነ (Ge'ez script)
Etymology
Proto-Cushitic. Cognate to Somali minin, Af Maay ming, Oromo mana.
Pronunciation
(Qino) IPA: /ˈmana/
Noun
mana m. (singulative manka; plural manoota, maneeni, manooni; diminutive manicha; augmentative manoowa)
- house(s), building(s)
- Kiishi mana wiine
- My house is big.
- Kiishi mana wiine
- place of X
- bartíni mana
- school (place of learning)
- bartíni mana
Derived terms
maneena noun, m. "village, community"
manaasi verb "to house, to locate (tr.); to make into a house"
manaati verb "to locate (oneself), to lodge; to move house"